Thursday, January 27, 2011

He would jump from a stationary position all the time ... some of you have actually seen his amazing ability to jump like a frog.

When he was a tiny little thing I used to keep his books in a plastic box. He learned quickly if he turned the box on the side and took the books out he had a "jumping machine".

Then of course we went through the whole jumping on the couch phase.

And he's certainly never met a bouncy house he didn't like. =)

I've been wanting to get him a trampoline for a couple of years now. Mike didn't think he was ready for it. We discovered a fantastic compromise!

Sam's had this "My First Trampoline" at their store at Christmas. It's fantastic! It's bigger than an exercise trampoline. It can hold up to 100 pounds. It's 80 inches (I think) across, at only 12" high it's low to the ground and it has the safety sides.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

This past weekend Mike had to work out of town so Griffin and I decided we would visit him and enjoy a little mini retreat with him.

When we arrived in town (after driving three hours) Mike was still working so we had planned to visit The Science Center in Danville.

The Science Center is a fantastic place for children to learn about various subjects. One of the new exhibits is this planet Earth. It's kind of like a movie screen in the shape of earth and it changes as the speaker is talking. It's amazing.

On this visit they were also hosting a taxidermy program.

My favorite was the butterflies.

Of course Griffin liked the beetles & bugs.

His favorite exhibit was the skeletons of course ... especially this snake!

We enjoyed a Dr. Suess moment when he discovered a fox on a box.

Seeing the different types of owls was very interesting ...

After our trip to The Science Center we went to the hotel and Mike arrived shortly after.

Mike has been very sick for over a week now and we just wanted to show him as much TLC as possible.

We decided to get Japanese take-out for dinner and it was delicious! The restaurant is called Bentto's and if you are ever in Danville you MUST go! Double yum!

Mike and Griffin snuggled in the "Daddy Chair" and I on the couch as we watched Men In Black.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

While on Christmas break Griffin and I found many things to keep us busy.

We made sugar cookies together for the first time. Actually this was MY first time to ever make sugar cookies as well.

As you can see we made a big old mess on the kitchen island ... but it was worth it!

Griffin enjoyed rolling out the dough and cutting out the shapes. See that rolling pin? It's brand new. I've been married for 15 years and I've never had a rolling pin before. I've always just used the side of a cup. I thought it was high time I got myself a rolling pin and picked one up at the store. =)

Of course Griffin's favorite part of the cooking making was decorating the cookies. He added a little icing here and sprinkles there.

Voila ... a sampling of our beautifully edible sugar cookies. The icing we used was wonderful. After about four minutes it hardened and yet it was still soft enough for the soft sugar cookies.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

It's funny to me how I took all of these pictures at the same time ... in the same lighting ... with the same camera ... and yet ... the brown on the basket looks completely different on each of them. =)